Christmastime FIM/MIM Open Source WF Reviews

Over the years since FIM was first beta'd as ILM2 we have seen some cool workflows be released to open source. This is my review of the workflows I can find that are open source. First let me salute everyone who has contributed to the FIM and MIM community with these big undertakings. That said I am trying to give guidance to my readers as to what is the most useful in various situations and so I will make specific recommendations.

So what's under the tree for Open Source Workflows?

Project Name	Developer(s)	Link	Last Activity	Conclusion
MIMWAL	JefTek, Nilish Ghodekar	https://github.com/Microsoft/MIMWAL	Oct 2016	Gotta have it -- this recent addition to the FIM/MIM world is great! But must have FIM 2010 R2 (4.1.3496) or later
FIM Powershell Workflow Activity	Craig Martin, Brian Desmond, Henrik Nilsson, James Booth	http://fimpowershellwf.codeplex.com/	Sept 2013	Superseded (but if you still haven't upgraded to FIM R2) -- Great when it first came out but now use MIM WAL instead
PowerShell for FIM 2010 WorkFlowActivity (other features reviewed elsewhere)	Adam Weigert	http://fim.codeplex.com/	May 2014	Superseded -- Also nice when it first came out but now use MIM WAL instead
FIM 2010 Granfeldt Workflow Activity Library	Soren Granfeldt	https://fimactivitylibrary.codeplex.com/	Jan 2013	Maybe -- If MIMWAL Run PowerShell Script activity can't get it done or you already have C# code then use this
The Last FIM Workflow You Will Ever Need	Rebecca Croft	http://fimwf.codeplex.com/	Feb 2013	Maybe -- If MIMWAL Run PowerShell Script activity can't get it done or you already have C# or VB.NET code then use this
FIM Workflow Library	Dave Nesbitt	https://fimworkflowlibrary.codeplex.com/	June 2014	Possible -- If you are storing all of the accountNames or MailNickNames in SQL then take a look at this
ILM 2 RC0 Ensynch Custom Workflow Activity Libary	Joe Zamora	https://ilm2rc0enswf.codeplex.com/	April 2009	Hidden nugget -- While this is more of a sample and the UpdateAttributeActivity has been superseded by MIMWAL (and others), the OwnerRollup Activity has value if you need to find a new owner to a group, service account when the existing owner is termed. Ditto for managing contractors

Details:

MIMWAL:

WF Building Block Activities (with conditional execution, iteration, Rich Functions, UI framework for creating new WF activities Add Delay Create Resource Delete Resources Generate Unique Value Request Approval Run PowerShell Script Send Email Notification

Generate Unique Value Can check FIM and LDAP for conflicts Run PowerShell Script Conditional execution User User Password Impersonate Load user profile Log on type (batch job, svc) Script Location (use an outside file or embedded in WF) Inputs Return Send Email Notification Can get Email Template from Xpath or Lookup Addresses can come from Filter Search as well as lookup or email addresses Can supress notification failure Update Resources Verify Request

FIM Powershell Workflow Activity

Run PowerShell from  Workflows It has one property -- ScriptPath Can access Workflow info such as RequestID, TargetID, ActorID, WorkflowDefinitionID, WorkflowDictionary

Decent docs

PowerShell for FIM 2010 WorkFlowActivity

Run PowerShell from FIM/MIM Workflows Allows you to run as Requestor or as FIMService Can access Workflow info such as RequestID, TargetID, ActorID, WorkflowDefinitionID, WorkflowDictionary

This module also can help manage FIM Service and FIM Sync and you can implement rules extensions and ECMA using PowerShell scripts

FIM 2010 Granfeldt Workflow Activity Library

WF Activities Run C# code -- interact with WF Data or FIM Service Reference libraries Parameters Specify your destination Lookups Create Object Delete Object Copy Values

Good solid library for customizing

The Last FIM Workflow You Will Ever Need

Let's you run VB.Net or C# code Pick your Language, NameSpaces to use, and additional libraries to load, pick your Actor, Pass in parameters you need, specify a return type, and the destination attribute

Good solid library for customizing and allows you to choose between VB.Net and C#

FIM Workflow Library

Make Account Name -- pulls from SQL table Make Email Alias Set Entitlements

Docs very limited Interesting that it pulls from SQL

ILM 2 RC0 Ensynch Custom Workflow Activity Library

UpdateAttributeActivity - An interim solution to the Function Evaluator limitations. OwnerRollupActivity - Walk the manager chain to find a suitable owner.

One of the first Custom workflow activity libraries for FIM. Owner Rollup Activity is interesting as it allows you to find a new suitable owner for a Group or service account when the existing owner is terminated.

Disclaimer: some of these have been created by friends of mine and even by an employee. I have tried to review these purely from the view point of utility.